member of the clergy, trade unions, all of us together collectively, we must try to rebuild this country. >> fixing the economy which they say is on the verge of collapse. the government is struggle to go pay civil servants on time. many people are unemployed, and others earning $1 a day. he said he would do the best he can to improve the lives of the very poor here in malawi. >> the opposition of the congress party wants the new president to prioritize dealing

with corruption. >> something is wrong with the system. from judicial to the executive to the legislature, and it is an issue of corruption. that's the bottom line. there are some things that have happened because of the use of money, and we need to get at the bottom of why it is that our system just does not have accountability measures. and i personally and with the malawi's congress party, i would like the president-elect to look at this issue, especially the constitution. as you may have noticed, the constitution of malawi did not really have any clauses that were written to counter or challenge the the situation of recent days. and it's the priority of the

government to look at the constitution. we know he is a lawyer, and we're confident that he will take such a cause seriously. >> season yeartalking at a major rally organized by the reforms of democracy. the former prime minister has been in the u.s. for the last three months. he addressed the government insecurity and high cost of living and called for reconciliation across tribal lines. >> muslims and christians can live in piece in the whole country. kenya belongs to 42 tribes, not just one or two. we must find work for everyone. >> fighting in south sudan has killed thousands of people and

forced a million to flee their homes. the president fired machar as vice president. he is calling for peace. >> i want to reiterate our commitment to it. we sign it not under duress, we felt it was compromised paper. although this did not meet all that we wanted, but in peace you make compromises. >> al jazeera has obtained audio recordings from two inmates from egypt's high security prison north of cairo. in them the prisoners accuse the authorities of ill treatment. here's what they have to say. >> reporter: we got up to find the area for daily exercises closed. outside are the vehicles with

water canon, and electricity and water cut off. they told us that it was the worst time ever. they're trying to kill us all instead of torturing us. our families are not allowed to visit. we urge that honorable people, all the judiciary, the army and the police to save us from the hell we're in. this is happening because of the strike, we are facing i will treatment and imprisonment. >> we're waiting for death. waiting for the right time to die. the time the prison wardens told us that our time is not yet. we couldn't help it. we were just waiting. waiting. >> meanwhile, a recent amnesty

international report documents says dozens of civilians have secretly been abducted and detain there had by the state. loyalists and activists and 30 civilians. they have been tortured to make them confess to crimes. the detainees have not been charged and have had no access to lawyers or families. joining us via skype from middle east human rights division, going back to the audio recordings that al jazeera obtained from these two inmates. they say electricity and water has been cut off. families are not allowed to visit us. they're going to kill us all. does that tally with your experience inside egyptian prisons. >> we know conditions are bad

inside prisons, officials prisons and these unofficial places, we know conditions are extremely bad. extreme overcrowding, terrible hygienic conditions, terrible food and so forth. what is new in these recordings us the allegation that the authorities are imposing for collective punishment if, indeed, they're cutting off water, cutting off electricity, this sort of thing, this ratchets it up to a new height. >> indeed, and what about the use of torture to extract confessions which the amnesty report talks about. is that widespread? >> well, it's not something that we've been able to invest ourselves, but it certainly is consistent. it's certainly very credible. it's consistent with things we're hearing from very credible egyptian union rights organizations. look, we know that--we're looking at a situation of high

level of impunity for offenses like torture, like unlawful killings, like corrective punishment on the part of the ministry of interior forces and other security forces. this is a climate in which things like torture, unfortunately, thrive. that's a situation we're looking at in egypt today. >> we of course have our own people in egyptian jail. we know two of them have been refused medical treatment. one of them has been without charges or trial for nine months now. these things are against international law, aren't they, so shouldn't be there more pressure from the international community to make egypt more accountable? >> well, we think think should be, indeed, and we think there is an opportunity coming up next week, i believe. the week after next, june or so,

the u.n. human rights council in geneva kicks off. that's certainly the time when other states, and i'm talking not just about the usual suspects, europeans, the usa, and so forth. this is an issue where there should be a collective action that involves states from africa, from latin america, from asia, countries of the south, in other words. and in the past we've seen those governments proclaim great solidarity with their--with the government of egypt. it's time for that to change. >> just briefly, joe, when organizations like your own, highly respected human rights organizations actually challenge the egyptian authorities about what goes on here, what do they say? what is their answer? do they just deny it? >> well, when they say anything at all, very often they try to ignore it. they do just deny it, that's right. we see this time and time--we

saw it this past week with the presidential election. mr. al sisi's apparent victory, and this clap trap about road to democracy and so forth. i'm sorry, i'm not seeing any such thing. i was in cairo just ten days ago for about a week, and i can tell you that the people--the people i know in cairo, the egyptians are very, very, very apprehensive about what the future holds. >> we're trying to get reaction from authorities about these accounts of what's going on inside egyptian prisons. let's see if we have any more luck than you do, joe. thank you very much. joe stork, human rights watch. >> thank you. >> well, al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists detained in egypt. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have been held in prison for 154 days. their trial is due to resume on

sunday. they're accused of conspiring with the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects charges against all its staff. meanwhile, a fourth al jazeera journalist abdullah elshamy, has been held in prison for nine months now. his attorneys are demanding his release. abdullah elshamy is asking a medical report to document his poor health. the turkish police have fired tear gas at demonstrators. ten people have been detained by police to be deployed in large numbers in anticipation. last year's campaign against plans to redevelop istanbul's turned into mass anti-government rallies. >> if you attempt to go there, i'm sorry, but our security

forces have cleared orders. they'll do whatever is necessary from a to z. we will not go to the square like you did last summer. >> the defense has taken aim at the chinese government for its actions in the south seas. chuck hagel accused china of destabilizing the region. >> china has called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship, and cooperation. and that's what it should be. but in recent months china has under taken destabilizing unilateral actions, asserting it's claims in the south china sea. we also oppose any effort by any nation to restrict over flight or freedom of navigation, whether for military or civilian vessels, from countries big or small. the united states will not look the other way when fundamental

principles of the international order are being challenged. >> well, china has claims on both of the south china sea but that territory overlaps areas claimed by other countries including vietnam, indonesia, brunei, the philippines and taiwan. japan and china are in a dispute over a group of islands known as senkaku in japan and diaoyu in japan. the area overlaps japan's air space. >> what language from u.s. secretary of defense in chuck hagel and china and how it's hand 8ing the territory dispute. the u.s. sees this as destabilizing that could have international ramification.

the defense secretary went on to say that china needs to back off this. he welcomed a move by japan where the prime minister said they want to become more involved in peace and security in the region. japan is an ally of the united states. the united states also said it is upping it's pivot to asia. in fact, the defense secretary said that in just six years, 60% of air force and navy from the united states will operate out of the region. this is obviously something very important to them moving forwa forward. >> the pakistani government report an attack in the west. fighters crossed over from afghanistan and attacked a military post killing one soldier. >> the chief minister of india's state has called for investigation into the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls. the cousins age 14 and 15 were strangled before villages found

their bodies hanging from a tree. the girls had gone missing from their home on tuesday evening. five suspects have been arrested. women's rights groups demanding justice for the victims. chanting violence against women will not be tolerated. they want such crimes to be taken more seriously. >> an volcano has erupted sending a cloud of smoke and ash three miles into the air. people were warned to stay away until the area is declared safe again. all flights in and out of australia's city of darwin have been canceled. coming up on the program, fighting crime from the skies. how mexican police are trying to stay one step ahead of the drug cartel. and we explore how tourist friendly the russian capitol is

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>> welcome back. the stop stories from al jazeera. malawi's any president said its time for people to forget the disputed election and begin focusing on the country. he was sworn in on saturday. al jazeera has received two recordings from inmates at a prison in egypt accusing egyptian authorities of ill

treatment including culting off water to their cells. and tear gas at demonstrators in istanbul. ten people have been detained by police, who have been deployed in large numbers across the city in anticipation. the police crackdown on drug cartel cartels in mexico has been ongoing for months now. as criminals become more clever in evading capture, the police have found new ways to find them. >> it's the eye in the sky to hunt down and capture criminals. from hundreds of meters above please police officers monitor neighborhoods for suspicious activity. >> before we started these fly overs criminals would escape. they would scale walls and rooftops and get away, and by the time we got on the scene it was too late.

now with these helicopters we're able to arrest them. >> reporter: the officers on the ground monitor city streets with the help of hundreds of security cameras. whenever they suspect a crime, the pilots are called in to back up the operation. homicide are down 12% on a national level, but not in mexico. here murders rose from 303 to 374. some believe the spoke in violence may be cartels looking for mu territory as the government tries to push them out in the neighboring state. the serge in crime worries the mayor who approved the use of helicopters. >> we've seen killings and kidnappings that we haven't seen in the state of utah. we try to make those preventive measures so it doesn't spread to

other cities. >> he announced plans to bolster security if his home state but extra boots on the ground may not be enough to curb the violence. >> it is important for the federation to help out the state of mexico government because on one hand the forces are well trained and well paid and work well together. however, the only way crimes levels in the state of utah will fall in the medium and long term is through the reform of municipal and state police and the judiciary. >> reporter: fighting crime from the sky gives them a new perspective and a powerful tool that they hope will eventually make their city safer. al jazeera, the state of mexico. >> now five time golf major winner philadelphia ha phil mickelson has denied any

wrongdoing after being identified by the fbi for possible insider trading. he may have traded illegally on information from a billionaire investor. no charge have been filed. a new police you want has been set up to fight mobile phone robbery. >> she was just very charismatic, very funny. she always would have some hilarious story of something that happened to her. >> annie remembers her sister megan, a 23-year-old with lots of friends, passion for volleyball and a passion for life. megan was killed targeted for her iphone as she walked down a st. louis street in broad

daylight, shot while talking to her mother. >> we know now that there were two teenagers, 18-year-olds, driving around the neighborhood looking to commit a robbery, and they saw her talking on her phone. she got into her car. she was still on the phone with my mom, and all of a sudden my mom heard a gasp, and then heard some shuffling sounds and the phone went dead. >> reporter: according to the federal communication commissi commission, consumer reports estimates more than 3 million devices were stolen in the united states last year alone. annie and her family have joined law enforcement to ask mobile phone makers with a kill service to render the phone useless. they fired back saying it could make the phone vulnerable to hackers and could cost the

industry millions of dollars in revenue. but makers have greed to put in free anti-theft switch, but there is a catch, they have to be activated before your phone is stolen. >> this technology was on every single phone, then it's a great deterrent. if it's something that is opted in, well, maybe that thief has a chance that you didn't take the time to set it up. >> reporter: annie said that the kill swip should be auto. >> okay. if it could save a life, then it has to be implemented. >> reporter: to stop what is not a victimless crime. >> the italian navy said it has picked up 3,000 migrants picking up the mediterranean sea by boat in the last 24 hours.

children and a pregnant woman are among the latest wave of arrivals. they arrived on an overcrowded boat while trying to get to italy from north africa. the number so far hazard already reached the figure for the whole of 2013. pro-russiafighting continues between the army and separatist fighters who want eastern ukraine to be part of russia. >> we are being it would from all directions. there is army surrounding us and has to be stopped immediately. i don't know by what means or methods the army should be withdrawn from here. >> russian police have detained a gay rights activist who tried to stage a protest outside of

the moscow mayor's office. the two women were seen being pulled by officers into a police car before being driven away. other activists waving rainbow flags. they continue to take a stand against laws created last year which they say discriminate against the gay community. meanwhile moscow has been given the thumbs down in an annual assessment of global destinations by a travel website. the report claims that it's expensive, unfriendly, lack nothing good hotels and shops. but is moscow really that bad? well, we went to investigate. >> reporter: it may boast some of the most recognizable sites in the world, but mont moscow is not popular with globe trotters, it seems. in taxi, valuable for money and hotels, moscow came bottom in a list of 37 urban tourist

destination. i'm fairly new to moscow, and i admit that it's a challenge. for one, the alphabet. and then the almost constant diabolical traffic. how are you supposed to get across these roads. the helpfulness of tokyo's residents propelled it to top the chart, new york second and barcelona third. with seemingly supervisor destinations we were surprised to find any foreigners on moscow's red scare at all. there were plenty and by and large they were happy. >> people are very friendly. trying to speak english as much as they can, and we managed to get to the center. >> we stayed outside of the city center, and it was a gray area, really depressing especially with this weather. but if you enter the inner circle it changes. everything is nicely polished,

you see people cleaning, and it's beautiful here. >> reporter: soviet communism was generally suspicious of outsiders and russia has 74 years of it. that's a difficult legacy to overcome. but projects make moscow's urban landscape more attractive, and a younger generation is doing its bit to help. >> not too many speak english, that's the main problem. people in russia also started traveling, also, so we've found tourists who have come to visit. >> moscow may not be the easiest destination for foreigners, but it is improving, and anyway, who said travel was supposed to be easy. >> and finally a russian adventurer has arrived in australia after rowing solo across the pacific ocean. he was given a warm welcome o

on the sunshine coast. it took the 52-year-old five months to row from chile. he had climbed mt. everest twice and climbed the highest summit on every continent. for all the news on al jazeera, go to www.aljazeera.com. there are enormos costs to having this ongoing surveil an. >> gleann greenwald has led the he said more revelation are yet to come? >> among the biggest stories are left to be reported. >> the journalist believes there is a limit to the public's right to know. everybody acknowledges some limited discriminating. it's out with a new book "no